Addis Gap–Moccasin Creek Trail, 4 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Tray Mountain Wilderness near Blalock, GA. The route reaches Addis Gap at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,996 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,952 – 3,333 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.86800, -83.59252
Nearest town Blalock, GA
Directions
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Addis Gap–Moccasin Creek Trail, 4 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,996 ft · 6 hr 24 min
Elevation 1,951–3,333 ft
Out & Back · Tray Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: 34.86800, -83.59252
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto parks gap trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto North Fork Trail, heading S.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Wildcat Road, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Addis Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wildcat Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto North Fork Trail, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto parks gap trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
17% gravel83% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.3 mi in (~234 min). Leave by 3:42 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- North Fork Trail & parks gap trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,209 ft
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